Sleeve-iron.



PATENTL'U NOV. 19, 1907. S. MULAUGHLIN.

SLEEVE IRON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.30.1903.

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SELEFJVEJRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1907.

Application ihul l J .!1l)\i 39. 1903. Serial No, 183175.

T 0 all whom it mag, '1

Be it known th: i, ii'siu fill lj i.1x, citizen of the United Ethics. rr l tl' id Philadelphia, in the rmmtr or ihihulclphiu and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usel ul lmprowmenrs in Sleeve-lrons, of which the following is e. specification.

My invention relates to Hi improvement in ironing devices and particularly to sir-eve irons.

The object of my invention is to provide a device whereby irons of various sizes may be used.

Another important feature lies in nit shape of the non which is esp 'ilv' grand for ironing sleeves from t... provided with a pointed 110s: forced along the seems and gathers.

Still another novel point resides in the support 4 n ranged parallel with the to 1 ol' the iron, thus allowing; pulled over the iron 1, reached the shouh llfl l. and is Th arm i signed to cairy the means for heat to the iron.

Finally the object it on r sides .in providing it dev cc of l iii-Jar described that will be sfiorzg, durable and simple and one that will 1 ratiwlv section showing a. modified form of taken on the line 3, 3, of Big. V18W'111 elevation of the bed. late and its inexpensive and easy to also one in which the we be liable to get out of on With the above and o my invention consists of construction and r embodiment of whic in the speciiicntion end drawings, wherein Figure 1, is a side elevation porting arm broken away with the supto show themir and gas pipes, Fig. 2, is a bottom. plnn view showing the burner indotted lines, l? 3,

is an enlarged transverse sect-i0. el view 4, is a surrounding arts, Fig. 5, is c ton plan view of the bed-p ate showing a modification in which reslstance coils are applied to he bed plate for heating the iron by electricity, and

g. 6, is a View 111 elevation and rtly in i it is essential that the supporting arm. Fig. 7, is a detail View of a porti n of the arm and the air pipes.

in the drawings the numeral 1 designates the iron which is oval in shape with a pointed nose 2. The particular shape of the iron is one ol' the essential and novel features of my invention, especially the nose 2 which owing to its long reduced and pointed contour will readily enter and smooth seams, tucks and gathers; while the upper surface of the iron a'llords means for ironing the lplain portions ol the sleeve. Openings 3 are provided along both sides of the iron for assisting the draft ol the heating means, regulating the temperature, by allowing a portion of the heat to escape, and aflording ,mr-ims whereby a pair oi tongs may be inserted in oppositely disposed openings to facilitate the handling ol the iron.

The iron rests on a llat bed plate 4 which is formed with a llange 5 adapted to fit in a recess (Sin the lower surface of the iron, thus preventing the iron from rockin when pressure is applied thereto. As an additional means for securing the iron in position a set screw 7 is passed through the flange-5 the recess 6, thus binding the flange 5 securely into the said recess. It is to be understood that irons of various sizes, and slightlv modilied contours may be used and that it only necessary to disengage the set screw 7 from the iron to release the same, when it may be lilted from the bed plate 4 and another substituted.

The bed plate 4 is supported by a horizontally disposed arm 8 which is secured to the said plate parallel thereto, as well as parallel to the longitudinal ax s of the iron. ositioning of the i parts above mentioned out, for the reason that by havin the arm 8 parallel to the iron and exten ing some distance therefrom, a sleeve may be slipped upon the iron, the nose 2 being inserted first, and pulled its entire length over the surface of the iron, either for smoothing pressing in tucks or gathers in various parts of the sleeve and the shoulder or for ironing the plain portions. In my device any part of a sleeve may be ironed without rumpling or rnarring therest thereof. The arm 8 is supported by a 0st 9 which is secured to a base 10 ads ted to be held in place on a l table or the iilte by a clamp as 11.

' Various means for heating the iron, some and screwed into an aperture at the-top of e strictly carried itlIIl beneath the pipe 1% is PI'OYKlOd.

burner 12 and wires 19 may be pnssedthrough the arm 8 in -s 3 ads 1rd to receive afmir of ton s to of which I have ilhistrsted may be utilized. l prefer to heat the iron by and usually provide it burner l2 hea ing apertures 13. The. burner extends lengthwise of the bed plate i and is supplied with gas through :1. tube or pipe 14;. placed inside thenrm S and suitably connected with st source of supply. The pipe jl i protrud beyond the on of the arm 8 and is provided with a pair ol sir openings 1-5 thus acting es theinixing tube of Bunsen burner. For accelerating the draft, a cold air pipe 16 passing through the This pipe 16 extends from the end of the arm 8 and is bent upward and. carried through the bed plate terminating just above the end 0f the burner 12. A hot air or exhaust pipe 17 is also provided in the arm 8 at one side. of the gas pipe 14 and bent so as to pass up through the bed pla te and terminate just above the opposite end of the burner 12 from that at which the end of the cold air pipe 16 is located.

it Will be observed that the outer end of the hot air pipe 17 terminates just short of the openings 15 in. the mixing tube 14 and thus the passing through the pipe 14 and drawing in air through the said openings will tend to create it suction about the ad jacentend of the hot air pipe, thereby causing. the air drawn in through the cold air pipe 16 to pass blllt'illgll the iron across the out through the said hot air pipe l7. By this moons n. draft is main tained and the pressure in the iron kept at e Illllllll'llllli. Apertures 4 are formed in the bed plate for giving access to the burner 1'2 and assisting the draft.

in Fig. 5 l. have shown the bed plate provided with resistance coils 1S and vires 19 for beating the iron by electricity. The

and up through the bed plate by on opening 20. Still another form is illustrated 6 where it solid iron 1 provided with openi'ziciht etc in 1* 1g.

an? employed. i. 0 iron angular recess .1 guler end 22 of e. pamll iron is readily renio when in position. T any suitable manner, a stove an when her. and pieced in. position on it :nd of re arm.

From the foregoing it will seen that any part of a sleeve may be reedliy ironed from the inside by placing the sleeve on the iron and 111- pulnting the s e over the face and nose thereof. lion L781 it to be observed that the arm must be Aiellol to the iron otherw' c it would be impossible to 11111 where o the .e a e yet secure he in pass a sleeve its full length over the iron and parallel support the same approx .netely thereto.

I. do not Wish to limit my iron for pressing sleeves its th I used for other pin-no HIE/Ly be made in the and operation of the dcpartii from the spi lowing thus fully eh d what I. claim as new and desire to secure Letters Patent, is:

In an ironing der' hollow arm to which said arm and iron planes, said erni'bein j to a. post extending at and at the juncture H1611 secured, i parallel secured A thereto, formed e iron, and means ssd means tendend the opening or feeding luei ing through so. thereof.

In testimony whereof 3 in presence of two Witnesses.

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